Show press 1 THE chicago for lie ff orld fair MOS ala nov 15 the national farmers congress adjourned to pay and delegates left this evening for new orleans the new officers are president K P kolb of alabama vice president A W smith kanbas secretary I 1 F clayton iowa treasurer win laurence ohio vice presidents were elected from each state tho congress decided to hold its next meeting in iowa the place to bo hereafter designated A committed was appointed to report to the next meeting suggestions for a catic nal flower A resolution to remove the tax on tobacco one declaring that the government does not need the money raised by interval revenue taxation and that congress favor the of the internal revenue laws and that taxes raised from whisky and tobacco be relegated to different states t relieve them of local taxation was taken up aad adverse concurred in A resolution was offered by iian II 11 A W tabor of colorado asking congress to select chicago as the best point for the location of the worlds fair kelly of kansas offered an amendment out chicago and inserting st louis lost the question coming up on locating the fair at chicago the vote stood ayes ca nays A resolution favoring unlimited coinage of silver met with an adverse report and was indefinitely postponed A resolution was iK loped favoring a comprehensive scheme for improvement of the mississippi sis sippi kit er and building a ship canal across illinois connecting mississippi sis sippi and lake michigan and recommending that alie united states congress makes a liberal appropriation jl Secretary kusk and statistician doda of the department of agriculture were unanimously elected honorary members adjourned shie die |